Lovers buried in same grave — Mythoi

Motif

Lovers buried in same grave.

Sex. · Love. · Tragic love. · view the constellation · filed as T86

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — Myth 125 125. LOCAL LEGENDS OF GEORGIA
North American Indigenous Zuni Folk Tales , Tale 1

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Icelandic *Boberg
Italian Novella *Rotunda
India *Thompson-Balys.
general *Chauvin V 107 No. 37
general Heptameron Nos. 50, 70
general Boccaccio Decameron IV No. 8 (Lee 140)

Within the index

Filed under Tragic love.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Rival suitors kill each other over woman's love. Woman dies of broken heart and all three are buried in the same grave Lovers die at the same time Mistress springs into dead lover's grave Girl and boy promised to each other by parents both die when they see each other after girl's marriage to another

Filed beside it

Death from love Bath of blood of beloved to cure love-sick empress Hero and Leander. Lover drowned as he swims to see his mistress Lovers treacherously separated Woman mourns dead lover Lovers forbidden to marry starve themselves to death Woman stricken by plague and forsaken by her husband is sought out by unsuccessful lover and dies in his arms Tragic love – miscellaneous motifs

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